death knell

Speech parts

1. death knell - Noun

2. death knell - Phrase

Meaning

a bell rung to announce a death

an omen of death or destruction

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

death-knell

Synonyms

death bell bane end doom portent prognostic sign ending warning fate indication prediction prophecy hint forecast
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Antonyms

fact beginning cause create start begin
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Hypernyms

bell portent prognostic prodigy omen prognostication

Examples

After the Proteas batsmen had secured a 91-run in response, Maharaj delivered the death knell for New Zealand with a ripping second innings display. Source: Internet

Encashing of the bank guarantees may sound the death knell for companies such as Vodafone Idea Ltd which has been struggling to garner the dues. Source: Internet

Any wrong move can spoil the peace in the Congress, which would be like the death knell for both of them and if things turn for the worse, Venugopal would make his entry. Source: Internet

But the joint pressures of online news and economic recession may be the death knell for print journalism as we’ve come to know it. Source: Internet

It seemed like a death knell for this post-Civil War structure, one of a dwindling number of 19th-century churches still standing in Louisiana. Source: Internet

By doing this, Mercadante sounded what was to be the death knell of the age of bel canto. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

death knell

Close letter words and terms

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